Lawyers Spar as Cleric's Terror Trial Wraps Up

NEW YORK—When the Yemeni government arrested Abu Hamza al-Masri's stepson in 1998, the Muslim preacher sprang into action, arranging the kidnapping of 16 Western tourists to use as bargaining chips, jurors were told Wednesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian McGinley addressed the panel during closing arguments in the monthlong trial of Mr. al-Masri. The cleric faces 11 terrorism charges in connection with the 1998 kidnapping, an attempt to set up a jihadi training camp in Oregon and the dispatch of recruits to fight for al...